Sri B.V.Sudhakur,
(IPoS-1981Batch) is posted as Chief Postmaster General, A.P.Circle vide Directorate order dated 30.04.2013.
IP(A)SP Andhra welcomes the officer and wishes him success in the new assignment.
Click here to view Directorate memo no 1-16/2013-SPG dated 30.04.2013.
Directorate has announced the schedule for conducting Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of Postmaster Grade I for the year 2013 vide letter no A-34012/4/2012-DE dated 23.04.2013. The date of Examination is 30.06.2013(Sunday). The last date for receipt of applications from willing officials at their controlling units is 03.05.2013.
To view the Directorate letter no A-34012/4/2012-DE dated 23.04.2013,
Click here to view the Syllabus and Schedule of the Examination.
Directorate has released the JTS Group A promotions and posting list today vide memo No. 4-5/2012-SPG dated 26.04.2013.
Total 37 officers are promoted to JTS. From A.P circle, only one officer namely Sri S.V.Prasad, SPOs Gudur Dn has got promotion and also got allotment to AP Circle.
Click here to view the said Directoreate memo containing the list of officers promoted to JTS of IPoS Group A.
Click here to view the list of officers who got reallotments in JTS/STS of Group A.
Directorate
vide memo No. 9-23/2012-SPG (Pt.) dated 22/4/2013 has called for the records of 81 officers for convening the
supplementary DPC for the promotion to the post of PS Gr. B for the year
2012-13.
OC : Last candidate : A. Karunanithi (Tamil Nadu) of 1989 batch
SC : Last candidate : K. C. Velayudhan (Kerala) of 1990 batch.
ST : Last candidate : Ram Krishan (Himachal Pradesh) of 1990 batch
From AP Circle, records of the following two ASPs are called for.
1.C.Jayarami Reddy, ASP, Kurnool Region.
2.B.Mallikarjuna Sharma, ASP R.O. Kurnool.
Click here to view the said Directorate memo containing the names of 81 ASPs.
Click here to view DOPT OM No. 12011/01/2013-Estt.(Allowances) dated 23.04.2013.
FedEx says it signed a seven-year, $10.5 billion deal to keep hauling air mail for the US Postal Service.
The deal calls for FedEx to carry Express Mail and Priority Mail between US airports.
The
new deal starts in October, replacing a contract set to expire in
September. FedEx said it has been providing a similar service for 12
years.
FedEx
Corp. said Tuesday that the new contract gives the Postal Service
flexibility to respond to future changes. The Postal Service is in a
financial crunch and is restructuring its retail, delivery and mail
processing operations. Since 2006 it has reduced annual costs by $15
billion, cut 193,000 workers and consolidated more than 200 mail
processing locations.
Source:-The Times of India
Click here to view the letter sent by Sri Vilas Ingle, General Secretary of All India Association of IP/ASPs Association to Secretary (Posts) regarding filling up of vacant posts of HSG-I (IP Line) cadre.
Click here to view the letter sent by G.S
to Secretary (Posts) regarding Non implementation of MACP Scheme for Inspector Posts/Assistant Supdt. Posts cadre in true
spirit.
Click here to view the letter sent by G.S
to Member (P) regarding Re-allotment of the surplus qualified Odisha Circle IPs working in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh Circles.
The following Accounts line officials are promoted to the cadre of
LSG Accountants with Grade pay of Rs 2800/- vide Circle Office, Hyderabad memo
no ST/6-3(APMAccounts)DPC Dlgs/2012 dated 22.04.2013.
Sl no
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Name of the Official
Sri/Smt
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Present place of working
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Region allotment on promotion to LSG
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Date of effect of LSG promotion
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1
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T.V.Krishna rao
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Accountant D.O VJA
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Vijayawada
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01.07.2008
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2
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K.Siva Rama Krishna
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Accountant PSD VJA
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Vijayawada
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31.01.2013
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3
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V.Lakshmi
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Hyderabad GPO
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Hyderabad
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06.03.2013
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Click here to view Directorate letter no NO. 4-16/2002-SPB-II dated 16.04.2013 on the above subject matter.
Click here to view the Directorate memo No. 04-44/2012-SPB-II dated 18th April, 2013 on the above subject matter.
The Union Cabinet today
gave its approval to release an additional installment of Dearness
Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR)
to pensioners with effect from 01.01.2013 at the rate of 8 % over
the existing rate of 72 %.
Thus, the combined impact on
the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be of the order of
Rs.8629.20 crore per annum and Rs. 10067.36 crore in the financial year
2013-14 (that is for a period of 14 months from January, 2013 to
February, 2014).
Source : PIB
Directorate has issued reallotments to the following 15 PS Group B officers to their Home circles vide Directorate memo no 9-22/2013-SPG dated 18.04.2013.
Click here to view view DOPT Memo No. 17011/01/2011-Estt.(AL) dated 17.04.2013 on the above subject matter.
Click here to view Postal B.D & Mktg Directorate OM no No.6-0412011-GB dated 22.03.2013 on the above subject matter.
The elPo facility at present is available for Indian citizens abroad.The applicant will have toget himself/herself registered at epost office portal to avail this facility to pay RTI fee.
Valid Indian Passport nurmber, address, date of birth, gender and mobile number will be captured at the time of registration.
The decision on declaration of 8% Dearness Allowance wef 01.01.2013 not taken on Tuesday as reported earlier, may be because of the foreign tour of Finance Minister. It will be declared only
after the Finance Minister’s arrival. So the central government employees may have
to wait for some more time to hear the announcement.
Click here to view Department of Personnel & Training OM No.1/6/2011-IR dated 15th April, 2013 on the above subject matter.
Examination for Direct Recruitment to Postal
Assistant/Sorting Assistant is scheduled to be held on 21.04.2013 Sunday from
10 hrs to 12 hrs in the following five postal circles selected under 1st
phase. The Approved Outsourcing Agency will conduct the Examination.
The Examination for
eligible Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) to fill up the unfilled vacancies of LGO
Examination 2010 will also be held on the same day.
Candidates attended
late beyond 15 minutes of the scheduled time will not be allowed to take the examination.
Sl no
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Name of the Circle
|
No of Cities in which Exam is
conducting
|
Names of Cities in which Exam is
conducting
|
Total no of Examination Venues
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Total no of candidates attending the
Exam
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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5
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Hyderabad, Sec’bad, Kurnool,Vijayawada, Viskhapatnam
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157
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89,219
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2
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Gujarat
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3
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Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodra
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101
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69,576
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3
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Karnataka
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3
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Bangalore, Dharwar, Mysore
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53
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42,362
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4
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Maharastra
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5
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Aurangabad,Pune, Nagpur, Panaji, Mumbai
|
229
|
1,08,528
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5
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Tamilnadu
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5
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Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai,Tiruchurapalli, Puducherry
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52
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52,418
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In AP Circle, 89,219 candidates are appearing for the
examination, the details of which are
furnished below.
Sl no
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Name of the City
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No of Venues in each City
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No of Candidates attending in each City
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1
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Vijayawada
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44
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21,519
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2
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Visakhapatnam
|
22
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12,617
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3
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Kurnool
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23
|
12,322
|
4
|
Hyderabad
|
68
|
38,958
|
5
|
Secunderabad
|
3,803
|
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Total
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157
|
89,219
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Model Questions & Answers for the PA/SA Direct Rectt Examination(Source:CHQ Blog)
Click here to view the questions and their answers on General Knowledge.
Cilck here to view the questions and their answers on mathematics, reasoning etc.
Click here to view Postal Directorate orders No. 33-05/2013-PAP dated 10.04.2013 on the above subject matter.
One blog post published in Punjab Circle IP/ASP Association Blog in the name of Sri Hari Mohan, Ex CS IP/ASP Association Punjab Circle about filing of CAT Cases on PS Group B and Sr Postmaster Examinations is reproduced below.
IT major Tata
Consultancy Services has bagged the Rs 1,400-crore project of India
Post for computerising counter operations and the two parties will sign
a pact on Monday, a top government official has said.The project is
divided into two parts --two years for implementation and five years of
maintenance.
Union Minister of State
for Communication and Technology Smt Dr Killi Kruparani on Friday said that
post offices in the country would have a new look with the use of
advance technology in day-to-day operations. She said that upgradation
of the post offices was being done under ‘Project Arrow’ programme. She
laid foundation stone for the construction of new post office with Rs.2
crore at Amudalavalasa.
Speaking on the
occasion, the minister said that 2,000 vacant sites of the postal
department will be developed under the public-private- partnership
mode.
Click here to view Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) F.NO. 5(1)-B(PD)/2013 dated 08.04.2013 (PUBLISHED IN PART I SECTION 1 OF GAZETTE OF INDIA)
The first
Mahila Dak Ghar in Mumbai– a post office entirely operated by women staff was
inaugurated today by Ms. P Gopinath, Secretary,
Post and Chairperson, Postal Services Board, Government of India, in Mumbai.
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This Post
Office is located at New Customs House on the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road in
the busy office area of South Mumbai, in close proximity of the Collectorate,
Old Customs House, Asiatic Library and RBI.
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Circle office Hyderabad, vide memo no RE/2-2/SC/ST/Review/LGO/2012 dated 08.04.2013, has communicated the Supplementary list of Qualified candidates of LGO Examination held on 16.09.2012 who have been selected out of the review of SC/ST Candidates for appointment as Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants.
Click here to view the list of SC Qualified candidates.
Click here to view the list of ST Qualified candidates.
Click on Read more to view the combined list.
The Union Cabinet is likely to approve 8% hike in the Dearness allowance and Dearness relief to Central Govt Employees and Pensioners Wef 01.01.2013 by next tuesday i.e 16.04.2013.
Sri. Ram Babu Sharma, Adhoc Asstt. Director (Admn), GPO, New Delhi-110001
has been promoted to PS Group "B" cadre on regular basis and allotted to
Delhi Circle.
He has been granted promotion notionally with effect from the date of joining of
his immediate junior Sri. Sunil Kumar Sharma to PS Group "B" cadre i.e.
wef 31.12.2012 and actual promotion wef the date of his joining in the
cadre.
(Postal Directorate memo No. 9-14/2013-SPG dated 08.04.2013)
Government has declared
closed holiday on 14/4/2013 on account of the birthday of Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar, for all Central Government Offices inluding Industrial
Establishment throughout India.
Click here to view DOPT O.M. No. 12/4/2013-JCA-2 dated 8th April 2013.
Click here to view Postal Directorate Memo No. 28-10/2013-PO dated 21-3-2013 on the above subject matter.
Click here to view Postal Directorate memo no No.C-32016/10/2006-VP dated 05.04.2013 on the above subject matter.
OA No.289/13 has been admitted by the Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench. Four weeks time has been given to the respondents for filing their reply and two weeks for our rejoinder, if any. The case stands posted for 10.06.2013.
ALLAHABAD: Sending and receiving a money order will be easier now than ever as India Post introduces money order facility through mobile phones. Under the Mobile Money Transfer Service (MMTS) minimum amount of Rs. 1,000 and maximum of Rs. 10,000 can be sent in a single transaction, whereas there is no limit to the maximum number of transactions made in a day.
Click here to view DOPT OM No. 28036/1/2012-Estt(D) dated 3rd April 2013.
It
was informed by General Secretary of IP/ASP Association that as per the
information received from Directorate, DPC for promotion to the cadre
of JTS Group A is finalized Today(04.04.2013).
OA No. 289/13 for Grade pay upgradation for Inspector Posts has been filed at CAT Ernakulam Bench. The case is listed for 05.04.2013 (tomorrow) at Sl. No.1. in the Division Bench consisting of Hon'ble Dr. K.B.S Rajan (Judicial Member) and Hon'ble Ms. K.Noorjehan (administrative member). In this OA, Sri Vilas Ingale, GS AIAIP & ASP, Sri Niranjan Kumar, ASP BD (Adhoc), RO Calicut and Sri K.Permanand, IP Postal Directorate are the applicants.
The Department has issued detailed orders vide
4-17/2008-SPB.II dated 2211/2010 creating a separate Postmaster Cadre in Postal
Wing. According to this Senior Postmaster in Gazetted cadre was carved out of
PS Gr.B/Postmaster Gr. B service, and no. of Posts identified were 116.
Consequently, the department also framed Recruitment Rules for Senior
Postmaster Class II vide 137-03/2009-SPB.II dated 9/9/2010.
The anomaly in the posts given to General Line officials for
Sr.PM was challenged by IP/ASP Association.
It is learnt from Directorate that there is a proposal under
consideration for revision of Recruitment Rules framed on 11/3/1988 and amended
in 1994 vide 9-36/92-SPG dated 29/6/1994 in respect of the Postal
Superintendent Service Gr. B. The
proposal is said to be under examination in consultation with UPSC to provide
for filling up of 97% of vacancies of PS Gr. B from IP line officials, and 3%
by promotion of HSG-I officials from General line through Limited Departmental
Competitive Examination.
It was learnt that Circle Office Hyderabad has called for willingness of the following senior IPs about their place of choice after getting their promotion to the cadre of ASP.
From this, It can be presumed that these 23 Inspectors Posts are going to get their promotion to ASP Cadre on announcement of recently concluded DPC. Selected list along with regional allotments is expected to be announced on joining of new CPMG.
Sl
No
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Name
of the IPs with designation
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Region
in which working
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1
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MSK
Gupta
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Kurnool
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2
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C.Sri
Nagesh,IP(Tech),CO,HYD
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HCR
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3
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Alok
Kumar ,
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Hyderabad
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4
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Ch.Madhavi
,IP, Dy Manager ,BNPL, Hyd Stg
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HCR
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5
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D.Neematullah
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Kurnool
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6
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M.Sreenivasu IP TP Gudem
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Vijayawada
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7
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M.Sudha,
IP(SP), CO, HYD
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HCR
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8
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K.Ananda
Reddy, IP, HYD Stg
|
HCR
|
9
|
SSVAK
Kumar IP Nidadavolu
|
Vijayawada
|
10
|
K.Shilpa
Ksheerasagar, IP©, Secunderabad
|
HCR
|
11
|
S.Gopala
Krishna on Depn at PTC
|
Vijayawada
|
12
|
K.Vidya
Sagar-I
|
Visakapatnam
|
13
|
P.Vara
Prasad
|
Hyderabad
|
14
|
VSL
Narasimha Rao IP RO VJA
|
Vijayawada
|
15
|
N.
CH.V.Rajesh IP Korukonda
|
Vijayawada
|
16
|
A.Srinivas
|
Hyderabad
|
17
|
D.Parvathi
|
Kurnool
|
18
|
SV
Sreenivasa Murthy IP Gudivada
|
Vijayawada
|
19
|
PM
Surya narayana
|
Hyderabad
|
20
|
K.Shivaji
Ganesh IP Sullurupet
|
Vijayawada
|
21
|
K.Vidya
Sagar -II IP Khammam
|
Vijayawada
|
22.
|
G.Rama
Krishna
|
Hyderabad
|
23
|
P.Venkata
Swamy IP Vuyyuru
|
Vijayawada
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